Attachment for miners&#39; lamps.



W. TUNNESSEN.

ATTACHMENT FOR MINERS LAMPS.

APPLIoATIoN Hmm 1120.10, 190s.

Patented Apr. 20, 1909.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM TUNNESSEN, OF HAZLETON, PENNSYLVANIA.

ATTACHMENT FOR MINERS LAMPS.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, VILLIAM TUNNnssnN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Hazleton, in the county of Luzerne and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Attachments for Miners" Lamps, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an attachment for miners lamy s.

The object ofp the invention is the protection ofthe spout when the miner knocks the lamp in the usual manner for the purpose of causing the wick to project the desired distance froln the spout.

The invention also includesI a novel form of guard to be struck in order to force the wick into the desired position.

The invention consists of the novel features of construction hereinafter described, pointed out in the claims and shown in the accompanying drawings, in which,

Figure l is a side elevation illustrating the manner of use of the attachment. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of a lamp provided with the attachment. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of a Vlamp showing the modified form of attachment.

In these drawings, l represents the usual form of lamp provided with a spout Q. It common to place a projection, or guard upon the bottom of the lamp which is struck upon some object for the purpose of knocking the wick into proper position. But in order to be effective the blow should be delivered with-the lamp in the position shown in Fig. l and when held in such position with the ordinary projection carried by the lamp bottom much of the force of the blow falls upon the spout, which becomesmuch battered and indented as a consequence, and the indenting of the spout increases the .difficulty yof getting the wick into proper position. On the other hand if the blow is struckfwhile the spout is in a substantially horizontal plane the wick is as liable to be jarred or knocked in the wrong direction, passing back into the body of the lamp instead of toward the open end of the spout.

My attachment consists of a U-shape wire guard 3 which adjacent the end of its side members is bent outwardly away from the spout, and then bent back, thus forming ad- Specication of Letters Patent.

Application filed December 10, 1908.

Patented April 20, 1909.

Serial No. 466,813.

jacent the base of the spout two projecting shoulders 4. The bow portion of the U- shape member 3 lies parallel tothe spout and is soldered thereto, and the free ends of said member are also soldered to the spout immediately above its base. It will be obvious therefore that the U-shape member 3 forms the reinforcement and ga-urd for the spout, and when the blow is struck upon the shoulders il the edge of the substance striking the shoulder will not damage the spout as the said thrust or blow is taken up by the portion of the member 3 which is parallel to the spout.

In Fig. 3 I have shown the saine lamp with a device of the same kind applied to it but formed of a piece of tin or other metal 5 soldered to the spout, and extending longitudinally along the spout to a point adjacent the base, and then bent outwardly and back upon itself as shown at G, the end of the bent portion being also soldered tothe spout. The bent portion G forms a shoulder to be struck corresponding to the shoulders 4, and the only substantial difference between the form shown in Figs. l and 2 and that shown in Fig. 3 is that the first form is bent from wire, and the second forni is made from ay single sheet of metal. In both forms the wick can be knocked down with the lamp held in the best position for this purpose and without any part of the blow coming directly upon the spout.

What I claim is l. An attachment for mine lamp spouts consisting of a metal guard secured to and extending longitudinally along the spout to a point adjacent the lamp base, said guard being bent outwardly adjacent its lower end to form a shoulder, the lower end of the guard being secured to the spout adjacent the lower, inner end of the spout.

2. A device of the kind described comprising a U-shape wire member having its bow portion secured longitudinally up on the spout of a miners lamp, the end portion of said U-shape member being bent upon itself to form a shoulder, and means for securing said end portion to the spout at its base.

IILLIAM TUNNESSEN.

Witnesses:

FRANK THOMAS, HENRY TUNNEssEN. 

